Maoists at the hearth : everyday life in Nepal's civil war

Maoists at the hearth : everyday life in Nepal's civil war / Judith Pettigrew ; foreword by David N. Gellner.

Maoists at the Hearth details the ways that inhabitants of a hill village in central Nepal managed their everyday activities following the arrival of Maoist insurgents in the late 1990s, exploring their changing social relationships with fellow villagers and the parties to the conflict both during a...

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Main Author: Pettigrew, Judith
Other Authors: Gellner, David N.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Ethnography of political violence.
Subjects:
Nepāla Kamyunishṭa Pārṭī (Māovādī)
1996-2006
Political violence > Social aspects > Nepal.
War and society > Nepal.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Social aspects
War and society
Nepal > History > Civil War, 1996-2006 > Social aspects.
Nepal
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword / Gellner, David N.
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Village of Kwei Nasa in 1991-92
  • 2. No Place to Hide
  • 3. Return to Kwei Nasa
  • 4. Maoists in the House
  • 5. "Our Government Is the Maoists"
  • 6. "All We Need Is Peace": The People's Movement and Its Aftermath
  • 7. After Words
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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